Lamp-holder.



PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.

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LAMP HOLDER.

Patented .Tune 16, 1903.

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THOMAS SHARP, OF BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAM P-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,233, dated June 16, 1903.

Application iiled November 18,1902. Serial No. 131,893. (No model.)

- the county of Bedford and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in means for holding and inclosing lamps or other similar means in such a manner that they may be safely used for heating purposes.

It consists in a lamp holder or shield comprising a casing open upon one side, means being provided therein for holding a lamp steadily in position, while other means is pro-v vided for collecting the heat from the casing and projecting it in one direction.

It also consists in a sconce or provided with means for holding an ordinary lamp firmly in place and protecting it from clothing, covering,or other articles, the sconce being formed with a ballast-chamber in which a weight can be located for preventing the sconce or lampholder from being easily knocked over.

It also consists in certain other novel constructions, combination, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved'lamp-holder or sconce. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through the same. lFig. 3 is a view in elevation, showing the lamp-holder arranged near a chair for warming a person. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a yoke or plate for the lamp in position in the holder. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the shelf for supporting a short lamp at various heights in the holder.

The present invention is designed toproi vide meansby which an ordinary oil, gas, or other lamp may be so held that Ait may be used for warming or heating a person Occupying a chair or in any other suitable position.

The device in a practical form comprises a body portion 1, formed with a back and two side portions for inclosing a lamp, these walls being mounted upon a comparatively broad lamp-holder base 2. The back of the casing is preferably curved forward at the top over the side walls,

as at 3, to form a defiector tending to throw the heat from the lamp ont through the open side of the casing. To assist in throwing the heat forward from the casing and also to collect the heat radiated by the casing itself after becoming heated, I arrange a collectinghood 4 outside the top of the casing, the hood conforming to the shape of the upper end of the said casing and being supported at a suitable distance therefrom by means of vertical rods or bars 5 at the side and similar bars 6 at the rear, the rear bars 6 being curved at the top and extending to the front of the casing, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. A handle or bail 7 is preferably attached tothe hood 4 for lifting and carrying the lamp shield or holder from place to place.

' By attaching the said handle tothe hood 4 the handle will be kept sufficiently cool to prevent the burning of a persons hand when attempting to move the holderfrom place to place. The hood is open at its lower edge both at the back and sides of the casing, so

that the air heated between the hood and casing will tend to rise and will be forced out the open side of the casing at the top. A continued circulation of air will thus be effected between the hood and the casing, and while the heat of radiation from the body portion 1 of the casing will be continually projected forwardly {the hood will not become so hot that it will tend to burn anything which may touch it.

In the bottom of the casing llform achamber 8, in which may be placed a weight of any kind-such as abrick, iron, or other convenient article-to form a ballast for the lamp casingor shield, which in connection with the comparatively broad base-plate 2 will greatly rlessen the danger of the lamp and the casing holding it being accidentally knocked over.

-The ballastchamber S is preferably open at IOO in the receptacle 9 can be then steadied in position and held in place by means of a yokeplate 10, which is formed with a central bifurcated portion l1 to receive the handle or neck of a lamp. If a lamp with a long handle or high base is employed-such, for instance, as that indicated in dotted lines in the drawings-the yoke l0 will it around the said handle, holding the lamp in position. If the lamp is'not provided with a base-handle, but rests upon a flat-bottom bowl, theyoke l0 will extend around the neck of the lamp. The `yoke-plate 10 is locked in position by passing a rod 12 through apertures 13 in the Side walls of the casing, the said rod also passing through cleats or clips 14, secured to the yokeplate. In this manner it is impossible for the lamp to be loosened from its position in the casing without removing the rod 12 and the yoke-plate l0. The upper part of the lamp and chimney, above the yoke-plate 10, is further protected by a series of rods l5, which are pivoted to eyes or other suitable fastenings 16 at one side of the casing-front and formed with hooks 17 at their other ends, adapted to engage eyes or apertures 1 8,formed on the other side of the casing. When these hooks are placed in position, they form bars extending across the front opening of the casing or holder and prevent the chimney of the lamp or the lamp itself from being thrown out of the casing. A conical or other shaped shield 19 may be suspended above the lamp in the top of the holder, as illustrated in the drawings.

Lamps are varied in size, and sometimes it is desired to use a very short lamp, in which case it is not desirable to place it in the bottom chamber 9, since the heat is preferably held at a higher point in the holder than would be accomplished by such mounting of the lamp. I therefore provide a series of cleats 20 upon the side walls of the casing, which are adapted to supporta removable and adjustable shelf 2l for holding the lamp at various heights within the holder, said shelf being preferably perforated centrally, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. In this way it will be seen that the holder can be made to contain lamps of various makes and sizes.

In using the device for warming a person the lamp is placed within the holder or sconce and suitably locked in place, after which said holder or sconce is set upon the floor just to the rear of a chair, as shown in Fig. 3, with the open side of the holder toward the chair. A chair with an open back is preferably employed, and the person after being seated upon the chair with the lamp inposition has only to throw a blanket or other covering over his shoulders and around the chair and sconce to receive the benefit of the heat from the lamp. In this position the heat from the lamp will be projected toward the chair and the person seated thereon by the casingl and the hood 4. Such a device can be thus employed not only for warming a person and keeping him comfortable in place of an ordinary fire or heating apparatus, but can also be used for obtaining va por-baths or otherwise applying heat to the body of a person desiring the same.

The device is simple in construction and form and is ready for use with all kinds of oil, gas` or other lamps or heating means.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A lamp-holder or sconce, comprising a portable casing open upon one side for carrying a lamp, means arranged therein for holding the lamp in properposition in the casing, a compartment in the said casing for holding a removable ballast to maintain the lampholder against accidentally overturning, substantially as described.

2. A lamp-holder or sconce comprising a casin g formed with walls upon three sides, the back wall being curved at the upper end for defiecting the heat from the lamp out the open side of the casing, means for locking the lamp in position within the casing, and a heat collecting and directing hood inclosing the upper end of the casing and open at the bottom and the front of the casing for collecting and delivering the heat at the front,substan tially as described.

3. AV lamp-holder or sconce comprising a casing open upon one side, a hood inclosing the upper end of the casing and extending downwardly so as to inclose a portion of the back of the casing, the said hood conforming to the general contour of the upper part of the said casing and entirely open at the front for directing the heat which it collects toward the front, rods secured to the holderbase and extending upwardly for holding the hood in position, and a handle for lifting and carrying said holder, substantially as described. l

' 4. A lamp-holder or sconce, comprising a casing open upon one side, means for supporting a lamp in the said holder, a yoke-plate for looking the lamp in position, having a slotted orbifurcated portion 'on one side for fitting around the handle or neck of the lamp, a rod adapted to extend through Ithe casing of the holder and lock the said yoke-plate in position, and a series of hooked rods for holding the lamp-chimney and lamp-body in position within the holder, substantially as described.

5. A lamp-holder or sconce, comprising a casing formed with a broad base, a ballastchamber arranged in the lower part of said casing into which ballast may be inserted when desired and from which it may be removed, and means for holding the lamp in position above said bottom, substantially as described.

6. A lamp-holder, comprising a casing open upon one side, a ballast-chamber formed in IIC l the lower end thereof, for receiving any suitcasing-Walls, and a. shelf for supporting the Io able weight, a lamp-chamber formed above lamp upon said cleats at any desired height, the ballast-chamber for receiving the bese of substantially as described.

a lamp, and ayoke-plate for locking thelamp In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 5 therein, substantially as described. signature in presence of two witnesses.

7. A lamp-holder or sconce, comprising;r a THOMAS SHARP. casing open upon one side, a support for hold- Witnesses:

ing the lamp within the casing, a series of JOHN N. MINNIOH, vcleats formed upon the inner surfaces of t-he i H. B. CEssNA. 

